What is it ? Continued

[gtblum]

If I recall correctly, Bill Kibbel used to post "What is it"s a couple years ago and had us all going crazy on the edges of our seats for about a week over an acetylene generator. I forget what it looked like, but it really had us all going for a while. I miss those posts. They were fun and educational..

Here ya go, Mike. What is it?

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[mgbinspect]

Aww that's easy, Gary, that's R2D2's grandfather everyone knows that... .[:-graduat

Hmm.. a kerosene space heater? Don't tell me it's fueled by french fry oil. [:-party]

I hope Bill sees this post and redirects us to the one he put up, because it had us all making guesses all over the place. It was in an old farm house.

[gtblum]

Aww that's easy, Gary, that's R2D2's grandfather everyone knows that... .[:-graduat

Hmm.. a kerosene space heater? Don't tell me it's fueled by french fry oil. [:-party]

I hope Bill sees this post and redirects us to the one he put up, because it had us all making guesses all over the place

Nope. I'll let you know when you get it. Someone will know.

[Stephen D. Gazo]

Looks like an emmersion hot water heater. The inner part is where combustion takes place, the outer part is where the water circulates. Am I close......its clean anyways

[Bill Kibbel]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

[mgbinspect]

Bill, do you think you could dig up that old thread? Do you remember it?

[Bill Kibbel]

Bill, do you think you could dig up that old thread? Do you remember it?

There are several in the Inspecting/Appreciating Old Homes Forum

https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... IC_ID=2823

https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... IC_ID=2828

https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... IC_ID=2848

https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... IC_ID=3039

https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... IC_ID=2840

There's probably more.

[gtblum]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

Let em take a few shots first.

[mgbinspect]

Thanks Bill. ID=2823 is the one I was thinking of.

But, back to the photos at hand.

Hmm.. I assume the perforated tube slows and spreads out a flame. Hmm..

[Stephen D. Gazo]

in an emmersion style heater, this perfs aid in swirling the air to aid in combustion. If they had been horizontal they would have been a splash plate.

But, is that what it is.....

[Tom Raymond]

Gary, why do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement?

No fair, you blurred the name plate[:-cry]

Tom

[Jim Katen]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

Let em take a few shots first.

Ok, I'll guess that it's an incinerator.

Never seen one quite like it though.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[Marc]

Incinerator.

Marc

[gtblum]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

Let em take a few shots first.

Ok, I'll guess that it's an incinerator.

Never seen one quite like it though.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

DING!...........And Marc

I was told it is a gas fired newspaper incinerator.

I never found out if it worked. The homeowner had never used it.

[Bain]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

[gtblum]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

He's just saying.

[Stephen D. Gazo]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

He's just saying.

if you were to attempt to put my ass in that, its going to take some time, and patience to incinerate it..what would that smell like down wind

[Chad Fabry]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

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[Bain]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

He's just saying.

if you were to attempt to put my ass in that, its going to take some time, and patience to incinerate it..what would that smell like down wind

Not . . . big man.

If I were given an appropriate fileting knife and about ten minutes, your ass would be . . . . histoire.

It's all in the technique, you must understand. It takes years to master.

[Bain]

Something like that would come in veerrrry handy if one were a serial killer . . . . .

I'm just saying.

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I find that strangely exciting.

[Bill Kibbel]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

I've seen that model about 7 or 8 times. Duo-Therm is the only one that I know made round gas-fired incinerators. All of the others have always been square.

The first time I saw one, I found that I had an advert from the early 1950s. I've scanned and uploaded it for your viewing pleasure:

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[Scottpat]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

I've seen that model about 7 or 8 times. Duo-Therm is the only one that I know made round gas-fired incinerators. All of the others have always been square.

The first time I saw one, I found that I had an advert from the early 1950s. I've scanned and uploaded it for your viewing pleasure:

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I want one!

[mgbinspect]

Dang! Leave it to Bill to dig up the original documentation. Seeing original users manual and docs is always very cool.

[gtblum]

Too easy. Do you want me to spill the beans, or wait for more guesses?

I've seen that model about 7 or 8 times. Duo-Therm is the only one that I know made round gas-fired incinerators. All of the others have always been square.

The first time I saw one, I found that I had an advert from the early 1950s. I've scanned and uploaded it for your viewing pleasure:

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You made me look. The place was built in 53. Where's the owners manual, Bill?

[Tom Raymond]

We just had a thread about vintage appliances, fire that bad boy up! Maybe we could use it to dispose of that freezer full of dope[:-drunk]

Tom